Entries for Saturday May 08

Aromaleigh v1’s Dormant Dream Spring 2010 Vault sale

• Vendor: Aromaleigh v1
• Where Available: through the company blog
• When Available: originally released at various times in various years; made available "from the vault" in May 2010
• Contains: several eyeshadows
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for a 5-gram jar
• Would you purchase again: yes

In May 2010, Aromaleigh v1 had a second "garage sale" to clear out old inventory - including shadows from previous LE collections that had not "made the cut" to become permanent, a few shadows here and there left over from older collections, and so forth. The shadows went for $6 per 5-gram jar - which included the shipping costs. I got a few jars, but also hit some of the "clearance" jars from 2009 LEs. The other colors available included:

• Allspice — deep copper brown sparkle(from the Holiday 2008 kit)
• Blossom — dusty rose with gold shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Butterscotch — golden-peach pink shimmer (from the Holiday 2008 kit)
• Call Me! — mauve-berry shimmer (from the Valentine 2005 kit)
• Cassia — deep lilac gold shimmer(from the Holiday 2006 kit)
• Cupcake — candy pink sparkle (from the Valentine 2007 kit)
• Eggnog — golden cream shimmer (from the Holiday 2005 kit)
• Elfin — cocoa taupe with turquoise shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Evergreen — blackened evergreen shimmer (from the Holiday 2005 kit)
• Fairy — taupe with golden-green shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Flirt A Little — smoky red-mocha sparkle (from the Valentine 2005 kit)
• Flora — medium-deep purple with rose-purple shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Frankincense — blackened plum shimmer (from the Holiday 2006 kit)
• Gingerbread — rose taupe shimmer(from the Holiday 2006 kit)
• Grace — green-brown with blue-green shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Helena — pumpkin-orange with rose-gold shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Hermia — rose-mauve shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Jellybean — mauve rose shimmer (from the Valentine 2007 kit)
• Lolita — heathered mauve matte (from the Gothic Lolita You're A Doll collection)
• Lollipop — medium lilac shimmer (from the Valentine 2007 kit)
• Maiden — dusty pink with gold shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Mistletoe — blackened red shimmer (from the Holiday 2005 kit)
• Mulberry — vivid purple sparkle (from the Holiday 2008 kit)
• Nice Girl — mauve beige sheen (from the Valentine 2005 kit)
• Nymph — heathered lilac with rose-purple shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Oberon — golden with green-gold shimmer(from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Pearl — soft candy pink matte (from the Gothic Lolita You're A Doll collection)
• Petticoat — soft lemon yellow matte (from the Gothic Lolita You're A Doll collection)
• Sweet Dreams — heathered lilac pearl (from the Valentine 2005 kit)
• Swoon — blackened rose brown with rose-gold shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Sugar — bright white shimmer (from the Valentine 2007 kit)
• Titania — terracotta with rose-green shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Trifle — deep mauve-rose with rose-purple shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Vintage — pea green matte (from the Gothic Lolita You're A Doll collection)
• Virtue — blue-grey with gold shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Visage — sky blue-grey shimmer (from the Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Wintergreen — smoky green shimmer (from the Holiday 2008 kit)

BareMinerals’ High Shine Charisma

• Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
• Availability: was released as part of the Buzzworthy kit
• Color Range: gilded mauve-rose shimmer
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4
• Cost/Amount: $13.00 for .57 oz
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

BareMinerals’ Glee Radiance

• Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
• Availability: was released as part of the Happiness kit and the Buzzworthy kit
• Color Range: sheer mauve-taupe shimmer
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4
• Cost/Amount: USD$18.00 for .85 oz
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

BareMinerals’ Buzzworthy kit

• Manufacturer: bareMinerals/Bare Escentuals
• Availability: beginning May 2010 through Nordstrom's; then webstore, boutiques, most channel partners
• Contains: three eyeshadows, one face color, one lip color, one lip gloss, one mascara, and a bag
• Cost/Amount: USD$36
• Would you purchase again: yes

Three fullsize eyecolors, a fullsize face color, a fullsize tube of mascara, and a double-ended lipgloss with a lipstick. For the same as a 3-color eye kit on QVC, or 3 individual fullsize colors in the boutiques. It’s difficult not to see the value here, unless you’re seriously unfond of the colors.

I don’t love the look when I wore the kit together, but I love the individual items: primarily Sticky Buns, Glee Radiance, and High Shine Charisma. Popular had the same problems as BE’s Bon Bon: its base color applies okay, but its iridescence doesn’t show up too well unless you wear the color foiled and unbuffed - which has limited uses. The Well Rested was in the “small” (or “10-gram-jar” size), but the quantity was listed as being .04 grams - nearly twice the listed amount as the eyeshadows. I was happy to receive another tube of Flawless Definition, though I hope that BE starts including the waterproof formula in its future kits (or lets users choose.)

Aromaleigh v1’s Eggnog

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: May 2010, as part of Aromaleigh v1's spring 2010 vault sale
• Color Range: golden cream shimmer
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Trifle

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: May 2010, as part of Aromaleigh v1's spring 2010 vault sale (originally from Aromaleigh v1's Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Color Range: sheer orange-mauve sheen with blue interference
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: no
• Similar shades: Simply Naturals' Black Cherry

This color was something of a disappointment. I expected it to have more heft to it. I also didn’t really expect it to be a near-dupe for Simply Naturals’ Black Cherry, which is the same as Coastal Scents’ Winterveld mica.

This color has a tiny bit more brown than the other two, but it’s still pretty sheer. Either you wear it dry, and it’s a semisheer brown, or you foil it and you get a weak blue interference sheen. Not all that thrilling. But out of all the colors I chose from the Midsummer Night’s Dream collection, this one was the only real disappointment - not a bad track record, when there were no samples available.

Aromaleigh v1’s Maiden

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: May 2010, as part of Aromaleigh v1's spring 2010 vault sale (originally part of Aromaleigh v1's Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Color Range: dusty pale pink with gold sparkle
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Oberon

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: May 2010, as part of Aromaleigh v1's spring 2010 vault sale (originally from Aromaleigh v1's Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Color Range: golden with green-gold shimmer
• Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Fairy

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: May 2010, as part of Aromaleigh v1's spring 2010 vault sale (originally from Aromaleigh v1's Midsummer Night's Dream collection)
• Color Range: taupe-grey with gold shimmer
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$6 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades:

Aromaleigh v1’s Candytuft

• Manufacturer: Aromaleigh v1
• Availability: March 2009 to early April 2009, as part of Aromaleigh v1's Spring Solstice 2009 collection; available again, briefly, from the Dormant Dream spring 2010 vault sale
• Color Range: pink violet sparkle
• Staying Power: 3 out of 4 stars
• Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 1.2 grams
• Would you purchase again: yes
• Similar shades: